# Incident 20230717009329I: Barnes Daniel LANCAIR ES, Valparaiso, IN, July 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2023, 16:34 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4798° N, 87.0523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valparaiso, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4798&lon=-87.0523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N569DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N569DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Barnes Daniel LANCAIR ES (registry code 05632CC, https://openairdocs.org/model/barnes-daniel-lancair-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BARNES DANIEL LANCAIR ES
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230717009329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANCAIR ES, FORCED TO LANDE IN A

FIELD 5 NM SOUTHEAST OF VPZ DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE

POWER...NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO OTHER INJURIES TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND AND NO POST-CRASH FIRE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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